Tomi Haffety reviews Kore-eda’s acclaimed film. After its premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister quickly rose to acclaim amongst …
‘Our Little Sister’ Review: (Re)Making Family, (Re)Visiting Home
Film Reviews
‘Little Women’ Review: Amy, Jo, and the Various Iterations of Womanhood
Isobel Rose Binnie looks at the role reversal of Jo and Amy March in her review of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. Louisa May Alcott’s Little …
Sundance 2020: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, an Eliza Hittman feature in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category, is a quiet, contemplative film about an unwanted teenage pregnancy. Autumn …
Sundance 2020: ‘Summertime’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews Carlos López Estrada’s ode to Los Angeles youth. Following the success of Blindspotting, Carlos López Estrada’s second feature film, Summertime, is intended …
‘So Long, My Son’ Review
Ellie Lachs reviews Wang Xiaoshuai’s emotional family epic. Wang Xiaoshuai’s newest film So Long, My Son is a slow burner to say the least. The …
Sundance 2020: ‘Miss Americana’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews Taylor Swift’s new documentary. Miss Americana is undoubtedly one of the most high-profile films arriving at Sundance this year. Taylor Swift first …
‘Frozen II’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews the much-anticipated Disney sequel. Frozen, when it was first released six years ago, gripped the world. Frozen paraphernalia was inescapable. Anyone who …
‘Last Christmas’ Review
Why this year you should not shy away from watching a Christmas rom-com. It is not a very common occasion to come across a rom-com …
‘The Irishman’ Review
Kerem Uzdiyen reviews Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited gangster epic. This review contains no spoilers. Did Martin Scorsese follow up on his recent “real cinema” remarks by …
‘The Lighthouse’ Review
Kirese Narinesingh reviews Robert Eggers’ acclaimed new film. This review contains minor spoilers. At one point in The Lighthouse, Robert Pattinson’s forlorn, spiritually exhausted character …